Stove



. 2 Sheets- Sheet 1.l W. J. KEEP.

STOVE.

(No Model.)

No. 543,305. Patented 'July 123, 1895;

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

W. J. KEEP.

STOVE.

No. 543,305. 'Patented July 23, 1895.

1V l TWESSES Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. KEEP, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 THE MICHIGAN STOVE COMPANY, OF MICHIGAN.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,305, dated July 23,1895.

Application tiled May. 31, 1893.l Serial No. 476,046. (No model.) I

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. KEEP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stoves; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speciiication.

This invention relates to stoves, and has for its object an improvement in the door-frame, especially the oven door frames of stoves,

by means of which the opening through the frame is made to correspond more nearly to the ln'terior space of the oven, and by means of which also the door at its attached or rear part is made to fit more nearly to the rear postor framework ofthe door, so as to make the outside of the post or framework and the outside of the door on substantially a continuous line, concealing the hinges, or nearly concealing them, and giving to that portion of the stove an even and unbroken surface, which may be either left plain or finished with ornamental scrolls that run across the meetingline between the door and the post, while the meeting-line itself is nearly invisible.

Another object of the invention is to so shape the front post or framework of the door by bending it outward at the edge and producing a flange over which the door shuts that increased width to the opening into the oven is obtained, while the requisite strength to the frame is retained and boldness or apparent depth is given to the door.

In Vthe drawings, Figure 1 shows the rear corner of a stove or the meeting between the rear of the door and the post, the figure showing to what an extent the hinges andthe meeting-line between the door and the post are concealed. Fig. 2 is a section at thel line a: oo of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa section at the line y y of Fig. l. The two last-named iigures show, also, the means of securing a close joint at the front edge of the door. Fig. i indicates the manner of closing the door against the front doorpost as it has been commonly heretofore made. Fig. 5v isa perspective showing the side walls of the flue B at the point of section y y. The form shown in Fig. 3 continues in .substantially the same shape from the top of the lower hinge to the top of the upper, and the form shown inA Fig. 2 is adopted at both the upper and lower hinges.

The end wall of the flue B, at the part where the hinge is formed, is concaved back of the vertical line to which the main part of the door E extends, and at these pointsa'lug or knuckle extends rearwardly from the door. At the middle part, between the hinges, the wall of the iiue is formed with a vertical abutment d, against which the rear edge of the door E abuts, and to the rear of the vertical abutment d the wall of the flue B is a continu-v ation of the wall of the door E- that is, the outer surface of one is substantially Hush with the outer surface of the other.

' Below the concave part D, and between that and the full or convex part D that lies between the hinges, is a horizontal ledge perforated with a pintle-hole h, and the ledge forms a knuckle affixed to the frame. At the part of the door which engages with the stove just above the ledge I-I is a rearward projection J, and across this is a perforated flangej, which forms the knuckle attached to the door. The projection J extends back from the center of the perforation through the flangej just far enough to swing freely in the concavity in the wall D, and the pintle which holds the knuckles of the hinge together is entirely within the hollow projection J and concealed from sight. The lower hinge is made in substantially the same way, and thus both hinges are practically unseen, and the door opens outward, disclosing the entire length of the oven A.

At the front post the frame is provided with a flange K, which, instead of turning back to the rear of the stove, as is shown iu` Fig. 4, and is common in stoves as constructed at present, turns out to the side, and the front edge L of the door :reaches beyond and closes in over the side projection K. I

The fiange K sets back from the front end of the stove about the thickness of the lip L of the door, so that the door of the stove when the door is closed presents a substantially iiush and unbroken surface at this end of the stove also.

What I claim is- 1. In a stove, the combination of the rear door post, having alternate concave and conveX portions, and a door having rearwardly extended hollow projections adapted to engage in the concave portions of the door post, and perforated pintle ledges, for the reception WILLIAM J. KEEP. ViLnesses:

S. E. WIDDIFIELD, ISAAC S. FILER. 

